This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Service of the VA Medical Center in Loma Linda, responsible for culinary technical standards by ensuring that efficient, safe, and high-quality food services are provided to the Veteran, both inpatient and outpatient.

Duties

Major duties and responsibilities will include: Serves as the technical and quality expert of culinary standards Analyzes and performs quality improvement tasks for menus and food service arrangements Oversees and continually improves food service operations Identifies and resolves difficult issues and challenges in a complex environment Applies advanced culinary techniques which minimize the use of restricted nutrients to develop refined and patient pleasing flavors, textures and presentations Plans future advancement in food services, new techniques, procurement and production needs Identifies culinary and food service developmental and training needs of employees Develops culinary performance, technical standards, and quality improvement initiatives for food service operations Ensures compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Code, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points principles, Joint Commission Standards and food safety principles Provides budgetary input on food service operations and culinary program advancements Serves as Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for food service, food distribution, and purchase and maintenance of equipment contracts and oversees subsistence/supply ordering Conducts studies and investigations to include problem analysis and development of logical/documented recommendations on corrective actions Performing related duties as required. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, either 5:00am to 1:30pm or 11:00am to 7:30pm. Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Food Services Specialist/PD99847S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/22/2023. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09 level. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Applying a comprehensive range of principles, concepts and practices of food service operations in order to oversee and continually improve the food service operations and to identify and resolve difficult issues and challenges in a complex environment and complicated requirements. Apply formal culinary procedures as may be obtained in a formal culinary program and the ability to stay current on emerging food service techniques and methodologies. Knowledge of a wide range of supply management principles, concepts and methodologies including inventory, storage and distribution. Research and identify state of the art food service production equipment, in order to determine specialized equipment needs. Knowledge of food inspection, test and measurement techniques. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies to conduct studies and investigations to include problem analysis, and the development of logical and documented recommendations/corrective action for improved outcomes. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have one Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond a graduate degree. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementFood ServiceQuality ManagementTechnical Competence Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Jerry L Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital 11201 Benton Street Loma Linda, CA 92357 US
• Name: Jorge Delarosa
• Phone: 480-232-7991
• Email: [email protected]